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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1921
Page
2
At a Roundup commercial club meeting President Lambert proposed buying 500 dairy cattle and shipping them to Roundup to sell at cost with long terms. Farmers pledge to care for them while payments stay small, secured by a cattle loan and local business men’s credit. The plan aims to boost diversified farming and may repeat if successful.
The Montana Sportsmen's Association proposes a points system to reward teams for killing game predators. Magpie and crow five points each, badger 25, coyote 100, bobcat 200, wolf 500, mountain lion 1000. Goal is to boost game birds next autumn by reducing nest destroyers.
Agricultural agent H. F. Benz outlined potato growing as a science and art in Helena. He described seed selection, storage, treatment, soil prep, planting, pest control, and marketing to build a half million dollar yearly business and a strong American farming ethic.
Montana reports show winter wheat thriving across most regions with good soil moisture from March rains. Livestock are wintered well, spring plowing and seeding proceeding, and rye and oats planting noted in several valleys while overall farm activity advances.
Sam Gerovich of Missoula blinded in both eyes by a premature blast while doing road work in Montana will receive a total settlement of 8000 from the state accident board. At 26, his case marks the highest payout under Montana compensation law for employee injuries. He travels to Helena to settle, receiving 2000 to cover bills and travel to Serbia, where he plans to use American cash rather than Serbian dinars for eventual exchange. He aims to take a draft payable in American money to his Serbia home town. The board notes another total blindness case will exceed this settlement. A 19 year old at Boulder who worked for Greenback Mining is also affected. Southeastern Montana’s gopher eradication shows most land south of the Missouri and east of the Musselshell is gopher free, while prairie dogs remain an issue. The gopher’s origin remains uncertain, but the Missouri and Musselshell rivers have formed barriers to spread.
The Montana Live stock Sanitary board adopted new dairy regulations effective July 1. Dairies will be classified as certified inspected or market milk with strict bacterial limits and pasteurization timelines. The board preserves butter fat standards while encouraging municipal health agencies to adopt bacterial counts.
A Miles City owned well in section 6-15-29 near Cat Creek shows over 100 feet of oil in the casing in the third producing sand. Heavier quality oil suggests a normal pool feeding higher grades, while the upper sand yields water. The discovery points to a new district with potential for heavy production as drilling continues under Basin Co. management led by L S Lantz.
George W. Lanstrum Montana state highway commissioner calls for an immediate public works push, focusing on roads and bridges. He cites mine and smelter suspensions in Butte Great Falls and Anaconda and urges county boards to start the highway program now to stabilize labor markets and stimulate economic development.
Seattle-Flatwillow well on the Powell ranch section 29 14 29 reportedly comes in as a producer. No company announcement yet. News released by H C Blegen of Cat Creek Center and R I Barton of Barton & Co who are active in Cat Creek interests.
J C Van Hook state forester warns in state wide notice on brush burning and forest control laws. The measures require a closed season for burning without a permit spark arresters on locomotives near timber lands and disposal of brush and slash from timber cuttings. The public is urged to cooperate and authorities will enforce the new rules.
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